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real name is Toshio Manahan, but everyone calls him "Japino"
because he’s half-Japanese, half-Filipino. Japino reveals
the troubling world of adolescence we are all familiar with. The
setting is Garsaponga, a rural village in the tropical mountains
of the Philippines, where guerrilla warfare rages and corruption
reigns.
 Yoichi
Funado is the reigning monarch of the contemporary political thriller
in Japan. No Japanese novelist is better acquainted with independence
and resistance movements currently active around the world. Funado
has received various awards from the Japan Adventure Writing Association,
Japan Mystery Writers Association, and a Yoshikawa Eiji Prize
and Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for suspense writing. He has translated
Dashiell Hammett and has written original script for the popular
manga series Golgo 13.
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“An entertaining roller-coaster of a read.”
—The Complete Review
“The strength of the novel lies in its ability to present larger political issues in a condensed, tight framework. Read carefully, the novel is a disquieting look at the realities of politics, war, and power throughout Asia… Eve Alison Nyren does a fine job providing a smooth, readable translation of challenging material.”
—Avenues Magazine
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